IndieCade 2018!

IndieCade at Santa Monica College Center for Media & Design was amazing!  Starting out by driving to Santa Monica via Pacific Coast Highway 1 was a beautiful adventure.   The event featured many different types of games from board games & card games to fully immersive VR games.  In & Out was very tasty on the way home!

Space Fact - Vandenburg AFB Launch & More!

I hope you all caught the aerial show last night!  It was beautiful!  My daughter caught the stage 1 & 2 separations on her phone.

Check out Space.com for great images of last night beautiful launch of a SAOCOM satellite out of Vandenburg Airforce Base.

Speaking about satellites in Earth Orbit,  check out a great 3D representation of all the stuff in orbit around Earth!

Search - How many working and not working satellites are in Earth Orbit?

Talk About Cool, Check This Out!

Want to see images of an actual comet?  Check these Japanese robots that are bouncing around a large asteroid named Ryugu.  Yes, actual robots on an asteroid!

Draconid & Orionid Meteor Shower October 8 & October 21 - Information 

Click on the link above to get information on the best way to see these upcoming meteor showers!

Happy Manufacturing Day!

Time to explore careers & information about Manufacturing

Start with #1

Interested in Being Part of Something Amazing?

Talk to Ms. Regalado, Ms. Mainzer, or Mr. Garcia if you are interested.

Project Identification Has Begun

Project ID has begun.  Click on this link to get to project syllabus

If you finish your designs early, please make an appointment with me to get your designed finalized and printed.

Due dates are:

• Final 4 Designs due:                  Wednesday, Oct 10
• Blog Post with reflection due:    Friday, Oct 12

Sub Plans for Wednesday

Hi all,

Here are your plans for Wednesday.  Please show respect to your teacher, Ms. Chroman today.  Use your time wisely. I’ll see you all Thursday. If any students come in needing tech repair, please refer them to the library for service. Make it a great day!

Basic Plan all Periods

1. 10 min - Daily Touch typing on Typing.com (10 min) - TA or NitroType Games on Fri.
2. 5 min - Check email, personal time, catch up on missed work in this class, OR CHECK THE LESSON PLANS on Class Blog
3. 4 min - Preview the day’s  - your time to introduce yourself
4. P2, 4, 5, & 6 - Project Identification on Tinkercad
1. Build up to 4 different ideas to solve the problem
1. 1st Year Students - Cases, backpacks, keys all look the same.  Make something that makes them unique
2. 2nd & 3rd Year Students - Create, design & print a solution to a problem.  Item must use at least 2 parts that work together to solve the problem
3. Final Design Due Oct 10
2. 35 min - Work on projects - detailed above
5. Guest teacher - Students may be collaborating which is encouraged.  Or, they may be just visiting so you will need to move around the classroom and listen into conversations.  THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR GOOD CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT!!!!!
6. Done with Project - Students can do these activities when complete with the project and posting on their blog.  Early finishers can go on DIY Projects - If you are here, go to Gamestarmechanic.  
7. DIY ACTIVITIES

Blogger	Modify your blogs themes, colors, and layout
Gamestarmechanic	Great game design website.  Sign in, use the year 2004 for registering, select “Get Started” until you get to the “Quest” and click on that.
Tinkercad	Create a new project or work on an old one
Finish Preparing 3D printed ID	Use tools carefully and clean up the work table
Code.org	Work on another new task or finish one from last year
Scratch	Go play some games on Scratch!  When you find a game you like, look at the code used to create it

• 2 min - Shutting down & logging out - I make all student wait at stations till all headphones, tables, and chairs are neatly arranged.  I excuse one row at a time. Do not excuse students until workspaces are clean.
• P6 needs to put chairs up on FRIDAY!
• Reminders:

• Write good, detailed, and readable reflections.  
• Email me if you have any question.
• Collaboration is helpful, socializing is distracting - Know why you are out of your seat and it cannot be to socialize.

I wish you all a good day.  See you Thursday!

Mr. Garcia

Student plans - They have a copy of the plans in their email

Space Fact - Mission Jupiter - Juno

The satellite Juno has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016.  It has collected incredible data that are helping people understand the largest planet in our Solar System.  But as all good science goes, there are usually more questions that come from new discoveries than answers.

Review the following information and post your QUESTIONS on this link 

*Find out more about the Juno mission here*

*What is all that tech on the Juno orbiter*

JOI - Juno Mission Video Trailer & Juno Mission Overview

Bill Nye The Science Guy - Is Jupiter a Piece of the Sun?



Jupiter, a world far larger than Earth, is so warm that it currently radiates more internal heat than it receives from the Sun. 
Seth Shostak

Completed CAD Starters

The following post is an example of the 3 posts you will need to create to prove you have finished the introductory lesson in Tinkercad.

Each of the 3 posts will have a specific title, and Introduction (explanation), and a description next to each image.  Below is an example using a Starter lesson.

Introduction: The following images show the tutorials I completed in Tinkercad.  Each one helps me build a new skill in 3D design.

#1 - This tutorial made me move a square to a position on the workplane

#2 - This tutorial showed me how to move the view of the workplane so I could see all sides of my design.

#3 This tutorial made me move squares around the workplane

 

#4 This tutorial made me rotate shapes in 3 different directions

International Observe the Moon Night

Come join us at Rio Vista for an evening of moon fun!  More details to follow!

International Observe the Moon Night
Mystery Science - Walking on the Moon Video